Sectional column.



No. '763,957. PATENTBD JULY 5, 1904.

J. 1). BUGKLEY."

SEGTIONAL COLUMN.

APPLICATION FILED NOT-1'7, 1903.

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JAMES D. BUCKLEY, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

SECTlONAL COLUMN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,957, dated July 5,1904.

Application filed November 17, 1903. Serial No. 181,549. (No model.) 7 iTo mZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES D. BUoKLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort North, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sectional Columns,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the construction of that type of columnscomprising independ-, ent sections approximately wedge form incross-section which are assembled and secured together in a suitablemanner to constitute the article.

The column as constructed in accordance with my invention is known asthe Tuscan beaded-face column, and the sections are separately formed,so that when secured together the column is in finished condition, readyto set up. It is common to construct columns in sections and after thesections have been assembled to turn the column as a finishingoperation. Sectional columns made of sections provided with beads havealso been invented. However, the manufacture of the columns, as abovedescribed, is exceedingly expensive owing to the various operationsnecessary to complete the same. It is, therefore, an essential andfundamental feature of my invention to provide a beaded column composedof sections which are of a form which may be cheaply manufactured andwhich when assembled will constitue a completed article.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire aknowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference is to be hadto the following descriptionand drawings hereto attached.

l/Vhile the essential and characteristic features of the inventionaresusceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a perspective view of a column embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal sectional view through the column. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of one of the sections comprising the column.

elevation of one of the sections of the column,

showing the exact structure thereof.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The invention relates to columns constructed of wood more especially.The invention, as before mentioned, resides in the exact form of theseparate sections of the column, which section comprises in itself afinished article, which when assembled and secured to sections of likeform constitutes what is known as a swell-tapered beaded column. Each ofthe sections 1 is provided with a straight inner face 2 and is of wedgeform, so that when the sections are placed together the column will beof a circular form, as will be readily understood. The sides 3 of thesections are adapted to meet, and any suitable fastening means may beutilized to secure the sections together. In certain instances thesections are glued and in other instances the same are nailed orsimilarly held together. The outer face of the sections is convex, asshown at 4:, so as to provide the bead-face feature of the column. Togive the swell-tapered effect, the convex or outer face of the sectionstapers slightly toward the upper end, as will be easily noted byreference to Fig. 4 of the drawings. The convex faces of the sectionswhen the latter are secured together serve to conceal any space betweenthe several sections due to the roughness or any slight irregularityupon the faces3 thereof. Since the inner faces 2 of the sections arestraight in their longitudinal extent, the bore of the column is ofequal diameter throughout the length of the same. The sections 1 ofcourse are of exactly the same formation and when turned out from themill are completed in themselves, as before premised.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the column is advantageouslyconstructed not only from an economical standpointas to the cost of thecolumn itself, but, further, the sectional structure of the articleadmits of transportation of the separate sections in such a Fig. 4 is aside l manner as to economize to a great extent also.

tions or slats having an outer protuberant face of approximately convexform; a rear, flat, unbroken face; and fiat unbroken sides ex tendedfrom the outer face to the rear face.

In testimony whereofl aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES D. BUCIQLEY.

WVitnesses:

B. WV. OWENS, HARRY A. BUCKLEY.

